A nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka has been blamed on a monkey that intruded into a power station south of Colombo.Power is gradually being restored across the island nation ...

Faarea MasudBBC Business reporterReutersInterest rates are expected to be cut by the Bank of England later, in a move closely watched by households and economists.Analysts predict the benchmark rate ...

Australian authorities are scrambling to help isolated communities in Queensland after a flooding emergency forced thousands of evacuations, cut power to homes and washed away sections of a vital ...

Draught pints will cost 1p less from the beginning of February following a cut in alcohol duty.The 1.7% tax drop on the production of draught alcohol announced in last ...

Sainsbury's has announced it will cut 3,000 jobs as it shuts down its remaining cafés and closes its patisserie and pizza counters.The supermarket said the move would "simplify the ...

Road safety GCSE prepares students to be safe driversCuts to funding for a GCSE course which teaches students road safety have been reversed.Grants to schools to teach a GCSE ...

Oil giant BP is to cut about 4,700 staff, more than 5% of its total workforce, as part of its plans to cut costs.The British firm, which has a ...

The inquest opening into the death of a baby girl who was fatally injured in a multi-storey car park has been postponed due to a power cut.The hearing into ...

Denise Coates, chief executive of the gambling firm Bet365, took a massive pay cut last year, but still received a package worth almost £158m.Ms Coates, understood to be the ...

Getty ImagesPay growth has picked up for the first time in more than a year, according to the latest official figures.Regular pay grew at a faster-than-expected annual pace of ...

Airbus will axe 477 jobs in the UK as the plane maker scales back its space business and tries to trim costs.More than 2,000 jobs - 5% of its ...

Getty ImagesFinding the best gate for an aircraft is a surprisingly difficult taskNext time you're running at full tilt towards your airport gate, spare a thought for the airline ...